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Europe fears "China's Trojan horses in Balkans"
« on: July 27, 2018, 03:21:00 pm »
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Europe fears "China's Trojan horses in Balkans" - English - on B92.net

EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has warned about China's role in the Western Balkans.
Source: Beta Friday, July 27, 2018 | 16:46

The EU official in charge of neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations "warned that Beijing could turn countries in the region into Trojan horses that would one day be European Union members," the website Politico is reporting.

Hahn told Politico that "China’s combination of capitalism and a political dictatorship" could appeal to some leaders in the region.

"Although much Western concern about the Balkans in recent years has focused on the role of Russia, Hahn said there is more reason to be uneasy about China, which has made a series of significant investments in infrastructure projects there," the article said.

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Re: Europe fears "China's Trojan horses in Balkans"
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2018, 03:47:39 pm »
Why would Chinese investment in the Balkans bother people? Anyway, this may not be nationalistic per se but regionalistic per se.

We certainly have a lot of Chinese and Gulf Arab investment in the US. 

An interesting take.

China's heavily invested in Pakistan, parts of Africa and so on.
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